An Inventory of Meeting Materials at the Texas State
Archives,
1988-1989 (bulk 1988)

These records of the
Texas Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development consist of meetings
materials, including a membership list for the Task Force, its committees, and
its advisors; minutes, committee reports, and presentations and statements
(including printed materials), for the June 6-7, 1988 meeting of the Task Force
and its committees; and statements, presentations, and other testimony from the
public hearings held in Lubbock (June 27, 1988), Dallas (June 28, 1988), and
San Antonio (July 12, 1988).

The particular Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development whose
records are included in this accession was created by Governor William P.
Clements, Jr. on April 21, 1988 (Executive Order WPC-88-6). Its purpose was
"to bring leaders from Texas commodity groups,
agricultural organizations, private agribusiness, education, and state
government together to address common issues and help develop specific
recommendations for action at both the state and national levels." The
Task Force was composed of 26 members appointed by the Governor, serving
without compensation or reimbursement of expenses. The chairman was selected by
the Governor. Members were divided into five committees: Rural Economic
Development, Agricultural Research and Technology, Taxation and Finance, State
Planning, and Federal Issues. An Executive Committee included chairmen of each
of the committees. Eleven advisors and five technical advisors (one assigned to
each committee) were chosen from both houses of the Texas Legislature, Texas
A&M University, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas Tech
University, the Farm Credit System, and the Texas Farm Bureau. The Task Force
examined the recommendations of the Agribusiness Committee of the Business
Development and Jobs Creation Task Force, as well as the recommendations of
other committees and task forces on agriculture (including an earlier
Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development which had been created on
December 31, 1981 by Executive Order WPC-41). The Task Force met three times
(May, June, and July 1988), and held public hearings in Lubbock, Dallas, and
San Antonio (June-July 1988), during which 73 individuals presented testimony
which produced more than 240 issues that were referred to appropriate
committees of the Task Force for further study. A final report was published in
December 1988.

These records of the Governor's Task Force on Agricultural Development
consist of meetings materials, including a membership list for the Task Force,
its committees, and its advisors; minutes, committee reports, and presentations
and statements (including printed materials), for the June 6-7, 1988 meeting of
the Task Force and its committees; and statements, presentations, and other
testimony from the public hearings held in Lubbock (June 27, 1988), Dallas
(June 28, 1988), and San Antonio (July 12, 1988). Missing from these records is
documentation of the first and third meetings of the Task Force (May 16 and
July 19, 1988). Also missing is the final report, Texas Five Point Plan for
Agricultural Development (December 1988), which is, however, available in the
Texas Documents Collection of the Information Services Division of the Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.

To prepare this inventory, the described records were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Office of the Governor, Administration Division on January 16, 1991.

United States Department of Agriculture: Notice of
Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Tentative Marketing Agreements and Orders
Regulating the Handling of Milk in the Rio Grande Valley, et al.,
November 1989